I had a family member to assemble it. He has to take a break after the table and one stool because the stool was giving him issues.  The next day he finished and said that the screws were hard to get in and that in some of the holes the insert was deep and the screw went through. I haven’t investigated but i love the look and it’s so sturdy.  I might have deducted stars if I had had to assemble it￼!